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Joffrey Lupul gave a little shout-out to Leafs Nation at Scotiabank Place Saturday night.

While getting the gears from Senators fans during the player introductions, the Toronto winger reached up, smiled and gave the logo on his chest a little tug.

“That was just for our fans, maybe a little bit,” Lupul said upon completion of the all-star skills competition. “I know they like that type of stuff. I knew I was going to get booed. Dion (Phaneuf) went right before me, and I knew I was going to get it, too.”

Phaneuf had a blast of 97.9 mph in the hardest-shot challenge, but it would not be enough for him to advance. Phil Kessel displayed his sharp shooting prowess by plucking four targets in five shots during the challenge relay. He had to work while being booed, too.

Lupul was eliminated from the shootout when Jonathan Quick made a great arm save off him, snuffing a nifty deke.

“I didn’t think he could possibly save it,” Lupul said, grinning. “He seemed like he was out of the net. I would still like to see a video review on that. I think it was pretty close. His glove might have been behind (the line). That was what he said, too, first thing.”

Like most, Lupul was in awe of Zdeno Chara breaking his own hardest-shot record by almost 3 mph.

“That’s a shot you want to stay out of the way of, if possible,” said Lupul, who will be looking for revenge from the skills competition 21-12 loss to Team Alfredsson in Sunday’s all-star game.

On a more serious note, he said: “It’s a big honour for us, but the whole weekend is for the fans. It’s to promote the game, and for the people in attendance to have a good time. I think most of the guys realize that, and just want to have as much fun as they can.”